The man who owned the company was Dudley LeBlanc, a Louisiana state senator. One town in Illinois would allow it only to be sold in liquor stores. There were some drugstores in dry towns that sold it by the shot glass. It also contained 12% alcohol, which made it a popular seller in dry counties in the south. There was Hadacol, which was a liquid mixture of vitamins. They were mostly sponsored by patent medicines. I used to watch the county music shows that ran on Saturday afternoon TV. I don’t know how that would work on COVID-19. We had a neighbor who had a bad case of pneumonia and she sent him a plaster and in a day or so later he was much better. A mustard plaster was a piece of cheesecloth that was coated with dry mustard and some other substance. There was a lady who lived in our town who would make a mustard plaster for someone who was suffering from pneumonia. I don’t know if it really worked or if I was just so anxious to get out of bed to avoid another dose. You would either burn from a potent amount of booze or enough lemon juice to make you wince. She never failed to get the combination too strong in one direction or another. Mama would have never made it as a bartender. We had a neighbor who traveled a good bit and Mama would get one of those miniature bottles of whiskey to pour into her mixture. She also believed in a concoction of honey, lemon juice and a shot of bourbon. She would apply it to your chest and then top it with a piece of flannel cloth that she warmed up in the dryer. Mama thought that Vicks Vapo-Rub or Vicks Salve, as we called it, was a cure-all for many ailments. I’m pretty sure she would have taken the vaccinations. Mama was not afraid of going to the doctor, but she often tried some home remedies and over-the-counter medicine before resorting to a doctor visit. I’ve often thought about my mama in this time of COVID-19.
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